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Golden Fry Fish & Chip Shop, Main St, Aberchirder, Aberdeenshire

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£200,000

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ASG Commercial, Inverness
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Takeaway for sale

USE CLASSUse class orders: A5 Hot Food Take away

A5

Key features

  • Well-presented fish and chip shop and take away business set in the charming village of Aberchirder
  • Sale includes spacious and attractive 4-bedroom house with private garden and access
  • Ideal main street trading location and easy-to-operate business with a net internal area of around 48.8m²; ideal for first-time operators
  • Operating profitably under the VAT threshold with growth potential
  • Open year-round, benefitting from local clientele and tourist trade in the main season (April - September)

Description

DESCRIPTION
The Golden Fry is a popular fish & chip shop and takeaway, with a strong reputation, situated in a prominent trading location with a frontage on to the high street of Aberchirder. The business is very convenient for customer access with ample parking in the square and on the main road. This late Victorian building has a significant footprint with an excellent garden. The trading aspects are all located on the ground floor with an attractive servery and ample service areas to the side and rear of the main shop. The main customer service area is set to 33m² and the preparation room / store / staff W.C. is 15.8m². The business is well-appointed with good quality fixtures and fittings and is presented in walk-in condition. An attractive feature of this sale is the spacious family home adjacent and above the trading aspects. This 4-bedroom house comes complete with spacious and modern dining-kitchen. The house also has 2 lounges: one on the ground floor and another on the first floor. The trading elements and the family home form to make an excellent home and income lifestyle opportunity.

BUSINESS OPERATION
The business is an easy-to-operate venture with a simple but highly effective trading model, being presented in excellent condition with modern facilities and superb catering equipment provision. The fish and chip shop provides a takeaway trade only to a strong year-round demand from local residents and tourists who significantly enhance turnover during the spring / summer season. The Golden Fry provides traditional fish and chip and associated meals. The business only trades during the evening service from 5 - 8 pm. These foreshorten trading hours are to suit the personal preferences of the current owners. There is undoubted scope for new owners to provide a lunchtime service and an extended evening service. The business is open 6 days a week, being closed on Mondays.

LOCATION
Aberchirder is an 18th Century planned village which is attractive and situated within a rural setting and boasts a population of circa 1200. The village has a feature village square and benefits from its own primary school, library and numerous retail outlets. Local towns of Banff (10 miles) and Huntly (12 miles) provide a wide range of social, economic and welfare facilities. Further afield the village is approximately one hour from Aberdeen and two hours from Inverness. The business is located on main street with a prominent frontage and close to other businesses.

REASON FOR SALE
The current proprietors have traded the business very successfully within the family for a long period of over 35 years. It is their desire to retire that brings this attractive business and home to the market.

THE PROPERTY
The property is of traditional stone construction under a slate roof. The property dates from the late Victorian period and is set over three levels. The building hosts the fish and chip shop on the ground floor only, with the living accommodation set over 3 floors.

TRADING ELEMENTS & SERVICE AREAS
The business has excellent illuminated signage and branding. The fish and chip shop has double doors opening at street level providing easy access for customers. To the front is a service counter which has a service area and fryer units with hot display units. There is a double fryer and hot holding units. To the side and rear are refrigeration cabinets displaying a variety of products. In addition, hot foods are prepared to a side area which has microwaves, pizza oven and grill; here there is a double sink. The sales area is supported with clear signage and its own electric till. To the rear of the subjects is a spacious food preparation area with a potato rumbler and mechanical chipper. There is also a dry goods store. All fixtures have been fitted to the highest standards. There are staff facilities to the rear.

OWNERS ACCOMMODATION
The house is an extremely appealing aspect of this sale and would be ideal for a large or extended family. The living accommodation is configured to:

Ground Floor
Hallway - Partially glazed UPVC door offering natural light. This attractive reception area has an original Victorian tiled floor. Off the hallway are doors to the lounge and the kitchen.

Lounge - This generous and well-proportioned room has double aspect windows. The stone fireplace is an attractive feature.

Kitchen - Excellent range of modern fitted units, work surfaces and an area for dining table. The kitchen has double windows overlooking the rear aspects. A door leads to the rear hallway / utility area.

Rear Hallway - Leading to a further UPVC door, there is an alcove with utility facilities.

Stairs - From the front hallway stairs lead to the first and second floors. The wooden balustrade is most attractive.

First Floor
Lounge - This secondary lounge is spacious and has a feature fireplace.

Bedroom 1 - Large double bedroom with fitted units.

Bedroom 2 - Double bedroom with feature Victorian wrought iron fireplace with original tile inserts.
Bathroom - Partially tiled bathroom comprising enamel bath and separate shower unit, WC and basin.

Second (Attic Floor)
Bedroom 3 - Large bedroom with coombed ceiling with secondary inner room (ideal for a nursery / playroom / dressing room).

Bedroom 4 - Double bedroom with coombed ceiling.

EXTERNAL AREAS
The property benefits from a spacious rear garden mainly laid to lawn with a drying area. In addition, there is a large garage and tarmac parking area. A garden shed is included.

SERVICES
The business unit and house benefit from mains electricity, water and drainage. Heating and hot water is by way of an oil-fired boiler. The property is double glazed throughout.
Security system / CCTV.

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Golden Fry Fish & Chip Shop, Main St, Aberchirder, Aberdeenshire

Approximate location

NEAREST STATIONS

Distances are straight line measurements from the centre of the postcode
  • Huntly Station9.9 miles

About ASG Commercial, Inverness

17 Kenneth Street Inverness IV3 5NR

SG Commercial is widely regarded as the market leader in the Highlands of Scotland for Commercial Estate Agency. Our passion for maintaining the highest standards of quality and integrity in our day-to-day activities, plus our reputation for determined professionalism in all that we do, enables us to build up a relationship based on trust with our clients and to gain the respect of allied professions within our industry.

As a fully established Commercial Estate Agency we bring together traditional values of personal service whilst drawing on our expertise in E-commerce to utilise modern technologies to maximise our effectiveness in the sale or lease of your property. Our team draws on over 60 years working within the hospitality and retail business sectors either operating businesses or in the marketing and selling of commercial properties.

We are experienced in business transfers covering a wide spectrum of business types. We offer specialist sales and business advice focusing on the hospitality and retail sectors but are equally capable of selling any business within our geographical area of operation. Having developed many business relationships within the finance sector, accountancy, surveying and legal services, we are able to bring a broad range of advice and services directly to you whatever your requirements might be; we are truely a one-stop agency.

As the leading Commercial Estate Agent within the Highlands, we have an enviable track record in concluding business transfers. Our highly qualified team is here to help you sell or buy a business. Our aim is to provide a premier service to our clients with the maximum of support and the minimum of stress.

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